Iowa: List both moms on birth certificate

State Supreme Court's ruling unanimous

8:55 AM,
May 4, 2013

Written by

Jeff Eckoff
| Des Moines Register

Married same-sex couples have the same rights as married heterosexuals to have both parents listed on the birth certificates of their newborn children, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Justices ruled 6-0 to require that the Iowa Department of Public Health begin listing both married parents on a newborn child's birth certificate, despite state concerns that biological-based parenting rights would be cast aside if a Des Moines lesbian was allowed to establish paternity of her child.

The opinion, authored by Justice David Wiggins, brushes aside state government arguments that ...